Titanic

- Season 1

(1996)

The saga of the R.M.S. Titanic is one "If only the designers, builders and owners hadn't bought into the myth of her being unsinkable. If only the chairman of the White Star Line hadn't decided to break the trans-Atlantic crossing record by increasing the Titanic's speed to a dangerous 22-plus knots. If only the Titanic had been adequately supplied with lifeboats." In fact, there were places for only 1,200 people, although 2,228 passengers and crew were aboard. What makes the Titanic saga so compelling, are the private stories of those who embarked on the fateful ...

The saga of the R.M.S. Titanic is one "If only the designers, builders and owners hadn't bought into the myth of her being unsinkable. If only the chairman of the White Star Line hadn't decided to break the trans-Atlantic crossing record by increasing the Titanic's speed to a dangerous 22-plus knots. If only the Titanic had been adequately supplied with lifeboats." In fact, there were places for only 1,200 people, although 2,228 passengers and crew were aboard. What makes the Titanic saga so compelling, are the private stories of those who embarked on the fateful ...